Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Rickard, Edgar, 1874-1951
Identifier
WWP19469
Date
1918 July 26
Description
Edgar Rickard responds to Woodrow Wilson’s letter regarding fixing the price of wheat asking to arrange a meeting with the Department of Agriculture and the National Farmers’ Advisory Council.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
United States Food Administration
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
Secretary Houston has requested an expression of opinion as to the desirability of consulting the National Farmers’ Advisory Council before submitting to your the joint suggestion of the Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration in regard to announcing a guaranteed wheat price for 1919. We discussed the matter with Secretary Houston this morning, and it seems wise to us to call the National Farmers’ Advisory Council together at the earliest date possible, and secure their views; and I believe that this is also the conclusion of Secretary Houston who, I am informed, will personally present to you his views as well as ours, more in detail.
Faithfully yours,
[EDGAR RICKARD]
Secretary Houston has requested an expression of opinion as to the desirability of consulting the National Farmers’ Advisory Council before submitting to your the joint suggestion of the Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration in regard to announcing a guaranteed wheat price for 1919. We discussed the matter with Secretary Houston this morning, and it seems wise to us to call the National Farmers’ Advisory Council together at the earliest date possible, and secure their views; and I believe that this is also the conclusion of Secretary Houston who, I am informed, will personally present to you his views as well as ours, more in detail.
Faithfully yours,
[EDGAR RICKARD]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Rickard, Edgar, 1874-1951, “Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 July 26, WWP19469, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.